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Title: Red monofilament/Red hooks
Post by: SPITEC on August 16, 2008, 21:50:37 CET
Hi mates,
            I was asking myself since I am seeing different cataloges about tackle,what is red mono used for?Some people told me that it's good for squids!?! About red hooks I saw fishermen using them especially with worms and had good results.What do you think about them?
Your help will be really appreciated ;)
Title: Re: Red monofilament/Red hooks
Post by: fishfinder on August 17, 2008, 13:11:23 CET
Hello Spitec, as far as I know we use the Red monofilamnet for squids and Kavalli by night cause the red disapperce completely in the dark. On the hook I used red once and common once as wel and I think that it's only the coating which is different and that they are sharper but for me they don't have any difference for fishing.

Still I'm interested to learn more from other opinions.
Title: Re: Red monofilament/Red hooks
Post by: placebo on August 17, 2008, 13:17:17 CET
yep spitec red hooks are used on worms. They do not make much of a difference but they are used on worms.

Normally the red finish is just coating which goes away after some casts!

About the red mono....yes in Malta it is very popular in squid fishing.
Title: Re: Red monofilament/Red hooks
Post by: Gazzetta on August 17, 2008, 14:29:07 CET
So it makes a difference the red mono for squid fishing ?

Chris  8)
Title: Re: Red monofilament/Red hooks
Post by: busumark on August 17, 2008, 18:12:34 CET
i think that only the colour red disapears not the line. the line is still there and is seen in another colour. i think that it appears as black. when i saw a documentary about diving and there isnt a lot of light the corals are seen as black or dark brown when they light a torch on them they become red which is their colour. so i think that red line does the same thing
Title: Re: Red monofilament/Red hooks
Post by: SPITEC on August 17, 2008, 18:47:08 CET
Thanks for the help mates but since I never tried it I like to hear comments from people who tried them.
Title: Re: Red monofilament/Red hooks
Post by: Freeman on August 17, 2008, 20:34:33 CET
I belive red is the first colour to disappear in a few meters, it should turn greenish if i'm not mistaken.
Title: Re: Red monofilament/Red hooks
Post by: SPITEC on August 17, 2008, 20:43:38 CET
Did you ever try it or used it freeman?
Title: Re: Red monofilament/Red hooks
Post by: placebo on August 19, 2008, 23:51:44 CET
actually it is a busumark said but i tried it myself and did nt notice any difference in squid season.

have anyone ever noticed any difference in catches?
Title: Re: Red monofilament/Red hooks
Post by: placebo on August 19, 2008, 23:55:09 CET
regarding sale of this item i can guarantee it sells well SPITEC during the squid season.

Maltese really love to use red monos in squid seson. I recall very good sales of this product as from October with all squid jigs and stuff.

So if u're into importing red monos go ahead Spitec.....will sell for sure.

These are some tips regarding sales my friend!
Title: Re: Red monofilament/Red hooks
Post by: SPITEC on August 19, 2008, 23:57:56 CET
Thank you placebo will import something for sure. ;)
Title: Re: Red monofilament/Red hooks
Post by: fish-noob on December 19, 2008, 13:14:19 CET
sorry to revive a dead thread, but bought some red mono last week and apart from the fact, that it seems quite brittle (i tied a knot and pulled to fasten) it broke twice. ( i did wet the line before securing) - i did a search regarding the brand, in this case i believe it was called Ockert. Do you know that this is basically Kite line :O
Title: Re: Red monofilament/Red hooks
Post by: SPITEC on December 19, 2008, 16:39:06 CET
And it was sold for fishing line?????
Title: Re: Red monofilament/Red hooks
Post by: fish-noob on December 19, 2008, 19:12:25 CET
my bad!! found another ockert website today that makes fishing lines, must have been drunk when i saw kites, but im sure i did. s!#@
Title: Re: Red monofilament/Red hooks
Post by: maltembu on December 19, 2008, 19:18:01 CET
ockert makes both kite line and fishing lines.. And some rods..  The fishing line make is climax..
Title: Re: Red monofilament/Red hooks
Post by: fish-noob on December 19, 2008, 19:47:13 CET
Quote from: maltembu on December 19, 2008, 19:18:01 CET
ockert makes both kite line and fishing lines.. And some rods..  The fishing line make is climax..

Yep, exactly, I recall climax written somewhere.....
Title: Re: Red monofilament/Red hooks
Post by: busumark on December 19, 2008, 21:24:34 CET
i bught one this week and when the weather is good(i dont know when) i will tell how it went. i am going to try it for squid and for bottom fishing. the salesman told me that in more than 18 metres it becomes invisible. i told him that its impossible because the red colour becomes another colour not invisible. he told that he beileve it also but than i saw an experiment on a video which showed that it becomes invisible. i still dont beleive it but he said otherwise. i bought just to try it not that i beleive what he said
Title: Re: Red monofilament/Red hooks
Post by: ganni on December 19, 2008, 21:32:56 CET
i assure you that it wont become visible!!

not even fluorocarbon lines!! they just have a reflective index that is more comparable to that of water, so they just become less visible when compared to the normal monofilament
Title: Re: Red monofilament/Red hooks
Post by: busumark on December 19, 2008, 21:37:43 CET
thats what i told him but he kept insisting that after he saw that experiment he is saying that the line becomes invisible. i didnt tell him anything else about the line because he thinks that he knows all about everything. there were some comments like this on him in other posts so i dont beleive what he says but its not fair that he tells these things to customers. he is misleeding them
Title: Re: Red monofilament/Red hooks
Post by: ramio on December 20, 2008, 16:24:30 CET
I think 18m down everything starts to become invisible as the light starts to disapear with depth.
Title: Re: Red monofilament/Red hooks
Post by: fish-noob on December 21, 2008, 21:39:56 CET
for us maybe, but for the fish, remember its their habitat..... ;D